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…Something… Flashbacks
"…" Speech
… Actions
Italics Thoughts and accented words
# … # Songs and POV's
(…) My notes
… Time and scene changes
Flashback from the last chapter
"Hey," said the boy. "My name is Luke Robertson."
"Mr. Robertson, please take a seat to the right of Miss Kinomoto. Miss Kinomoto, please raise your hand." Sakura raised her hand. She didn't have a good feeling about this guy. Luke took a seat at the desk next to Sakura and kept shooting her glances and smirks throughout the class. Sakura was getting really uncomfortable, which Syaoran noticed and instantly felt anger rising inside him.
The science class went on. The teacher droned on and on about astronomy and galaxies and planets and stuff. (We did this in class before ad our teacher talked a lot!) After what seemed like forever, the bell rang.
"Class dismissed!" Everyone cheered and left the classroom.
Sakura got her bag from her locker and made her way to the main gate of school. She was about to leave the school grounds, when someone grabbed her wrist, stopping her.
Chapter 20
Sakura turned around to see Luke Robertson staring at her.
"Oh hi, Luke," said Sakura, putting on a small smile.
"Hi," replied Luke. 'I've got to remember what I came here for!' "Are you busy on Friday night? Maybe we could have dinner together or something." Sakura thought for a moment.
'There's something suspicious with this guy...I just can't work it out! Ah! This is so frustrating! I just met him like a few minutes ago and he's already asking me out! This is just not right!'
"Umm," began Sakura nervously, she didn't want to seem rude. "I'm err...kind of busy..."
"Please Sakura," Luke pleaded. He needed to make this work, for the sake of someone. "What about another night then?"
"Umm...I'm really sorry, but –" Luke grabbed her wrist once more and held it tight.
"Please, Sakura!" he said. Sakura tried to wrench her hand out of his.
"Let me go!" said Sakura. "Please!"
"Answer me first. Will you?" plead Luke.
"If she wants you to let go, let her go!" said a voice.
"Who are you?" said Luke rudely to Syaoran, who had stepped out to face him.
"That's really none of your concern," he replied coldly.
"Fine. Be that way!" said Luke. "It's not against the law to ask a girl out is it?"
"No," replied Syaoran. "But Sakura already said that she was busy and couldn't come with you, so just leave her alone!"
"And why should I listen to you?" asked Luke, just as coldly. "Who are you in her life anyway?"
"More than you'll ever be!" Syaoran retorted.
"Pfft. Yeah right!" said Luke, rolling his eyes.
"At least we're friends!"
"But we're friends too, aren't we Sakura?" asked Luke.
"Umm..."
"See? We are friends!" Luke was getting angrier by the moment and his grip loosened on Sakura. Sakura, sensing this, immediately yanked her wrist out of his grip and ran to Syaoran's side.
"Leave me alone," she said quietly to Luke, getting closer to Syaoran. Syaoran put an arm around Sakura, protectively.
"Why?" sneered Luke. "You're single, I'm single. Just go out with me!"
"NO!" screamed Sakura. "I'm not single, so leave me alone!"
"Sure...I believe you," said Luke, rolling his eyes again. "As if."
"It's true!" glared Sakura, completely dumping her plan on trying to be friendly. "I'm taken and there's nothing you can do about it!"
"Who's your boyfriend then?" smirked Luke. 'She can't get out of that one! She doesn't have one.' Sakura hesitated to answer and bit her bottom lip and said the first thing that came into her mind.
"Syao," she replied smugly. 'Oh my gosh! I did not just say that! I'm such an idiot! What am I going to do?'
"And who exactly is this Syao person?" said Luke.
"I am," replied Syaoran, glaring at him. "So leave her alone." Sakura clutched onto his side tightly. Luke just glared at them and started to walk off. Just as he reached Sakura, time sort of slowed down and he whispered into her ear so that Syaoran couldn't hear.
"You'll regret ever turning me down, Kinomoto Sakura." Time went back to normal and Luke stormed off. His voice had sounded cold and deadly and it sent shivers down Sakura's spine, as she shuddered.
"There's something about that guy," muttered Syaoran, taking his arm off Sakura.
"I know," replied Sakura, softly. "Sorry for saying that you were my boyfriend. It was the first thing that popped into my mind."
"It's alright," said Syaoran. "But I reckon you should stay away from him." Sakura nodded.
"Well," said Sakura. "I've got to go now. See you tomorrow!"
"Bye Sakura."
Elsewhere
"Please," begged a voice. "Forgive me, Master." A hooded figure turned around.
"Despicable!" spat the hooded figure. "You do remember why I created you, do you not?"
"Yes, Master."
"Then why did you not succeed in stage one?" said the hooded figure, dangerously.
"I – I – don't really know, Master," replied the boy, kneeling on the ground. "I didn't know that their friendship was t – that strong – "
"Fool! Their friendship won't just be friendship if you don't destroy it now!" hissed the hooded figure. "Their emotions will grow too powerful and overwhelm me! Is that what you desire?"
"N – no, Master. O – of course not."
"I will not tolerate your faults again, Luke. Be warned."
"Yes, Master. Thank you, Master."
"Seek their emotions and destroy them," said the figure, clenching his bony fists. "Now be gone!" He waved his skeletal hand and the figure of Luke dissolved...
At school, the next day
"Quiet down class," said the teacher. "We will be having a school field tomorrow." The class cheered.
"Everyone must arrive at school at seven thirty on the dot. If you are even one second late, the bus will be leaving without you." Sakura groaned. 'Oh man!'
"You only need to bring a back pack containing your lunch, some water, a note pad and a pen to write with."
"Where exactly are we going?" yelled out a boy. The teacher looked at him.
"Please raise your hand when asking a question. We are going to the farm." There was a mixture of groans and excitement in the class.
"The farm?" complained Meiling to her friends. "What a lame place!"
"Cheer up Mei," said Tomoyo. "It can't be that bad."
"Yeah," agreed Sakura. "Just think on the bright side. At least we miss a whole day of school." Meiling smiled slightly.
"I guess you're right."
"As always!" laughed Tomoyo and Sakura together. Just then someone knocked on the door. The teacher walked up to the door and the boy handed her a slip of paper.
"I see," said the teacher, after reading the piece of paper. "Class, settle down! We have another new student joining us." Everyone's attention was on the door. (Lots of new peoples now! I reckon there are too many new students, but hey – I can't forget this guy!)
The teacher beckoned him forward to introduce himself. The boy was fairly tall with dark blonde hair and crystal blue eyes. (Does that sound familiar to you?) He was wearing baggy black jeans and a red t-shirt.
"Konnichiwa," he said in fluent Japanese, even though he wasn't Japanese. "My name is Ryu Wong. (I just made up a last name. Sorry, it was just the first one that popped into my mind. I am Chinese after all.) I was born in Beijing, but I moved to Hong Kong when I was a kid. Now I have transferred to Japan." Meiling looked delighted to see him.
"Please take a seat next to Miss. Li." Ryu walked over to the seat next to Meiling.
"Hey, Mei," he whispered to her.
"You came!" she squealed quietly, squeezing his hand.
"Yeah." They continued to chat quietly throughout the whole class. Tomoyo nudged Eriol.
"Hey, Eriol," she whispered. "Look at them! They're such a kawaii couple!" Eriol just nodded.
"At least now she's going to get over me being kawaii," muttered Sakura under her breath, thinking that no one would hear her.
"But," continued Tomoyo, who had overheard her. "Sakura will still be the most kawaii person ever!" Tomoyo said with stars in her eyes as she fumbled with her camera. Sakura sweat dropped.
"I shouldn't have said anything..." muttered Sakura. Tomoyo pretended to be hurt.
"Sakura," she argued. "Filming the most kawaii girl ever is my hobby! You can't tell me to stop! I am your best friend after all!" Sakura sighed.
"I suppose so," replied Sakura. From the back of the class, Luke was eavesdropping into their conversation.
'So,' he thought. 'Daidouji and Kinomoto are best friends. This might come in useful afterwards. I'm guessing the closest person to Li would be his dear cousin, Meiling, besides Kinomoto of course. Or maybe it's that Hiiragazawa guy...Anyway, either will do!' He smiled evilly and clasped his hands together.
At lunch
"Ryu," said Meiling. "This is the gang. This is Tomoyo Daidouji, Rika Sasaki, Chiharu Miharu, Yamazaki Takashi, Naoko Yanagisawa, Sakura Kinomoto and you already know Xiao Lang and Eriol."
"Hi," said Ryu, nodding to them.
"Hey!" everyone chirped back. Tomoyo whipped out her video camera.
"You guys make such a cute couple, you know that, don't you?" asked Tomoyo, zooming into Ryu and Meiling's faces. They started blushing madly. (This was Tomoyo's plan.)
"KAWAII!" squealed Tomoyo. "I shall call this tape Meiling and Ryu – The two tomatoes!" Everyone snickered.
"Hey!" said Meiling. "That's an insult!"
"Yeah," agreed Ryu. "I'm hurt." He pretended to look hurt. Everyone laughed again. From a distance, Luke was staring at them, with his eyes flashing. The bell rang to start the class.
"Tomoyo," cried Sakura. "Meet me at my locker after school, okay?" Tomoyo nodded and waved and then ran to her class.
After school
# Luke's Point of View #
It's time for my plan to take action... They wouldn't know what hit them...I rubbed my hands together in an evil way and cast a spell onto myself. It'll take effect on me in a few minutes. I looked out the window and saw Li and Hiiragazawa walking out of the school grounds. Good - Just what I needed – Now for the second part. I took out a mirror to examine myself. My hair changed to a dark chestnut colour and my eyes, an amber colour. I looked exactly like Li Syaoran, nobody would ever know. I saw Tomoyo rushing to Sakura's locker.
"Hey Tomoyo!" I called to her. "Wait up!" Tomoyo stopped and looked at me curiously.
"Hi Syaoran," she replied. "What do you want?"
"Sakura said to go on without her, she'll phone you up later," I said. Tomoyo looked at me curiously. I was afraid she had worked it out.
"Okay..." she replied. "Why though?"
"She had to help the teacher with something," I said, thinking up an excuse. Tomoyo nodded and left – Now to find Sakura Kinomoto. I walked over to her locker.
"Hi Sakura!" I said.
"Hey Syaoran," she replied, cheerfully. Gees...she's so dense sometimes, but that's a good thing. "Have you seen Tomoyo?"
"Yeah, she left just now," I replied, carefully. "She said that she was busy and that you could call her back later instead."
"Oh okay," replied Sakura. "But why didn't she just tell me after class instead of telling you?" I shrugged, hoping that she wasn't suspicious. I had to tell her fast.
"Umm – Sakura?" I asked.
"What is it?" asked Sakura.
"You know, about Tomoyo," I said, choosing my words carefully. "I know she's your best friend and everything, but..."
"But what?" asked Sakura, really suspicious of me, or Syaoran as she thought.
"I really don't think she trusts you anymore," I blabbed. "I overheard her talking to Hiira – I mean, Eriol the other day and she seemed to be really angry and I heard your name being said."
"And what did she say about me?" asked Sakura.
"She umm...said that..."
"Tell me!"
"That you were really starting to get on her nerves and that you were a..."
"A what?" said Sakura sharply, really unlike herself.
"A bit –"
"TOMOYO WOULD NEVER DO THAT!" shouted Sakura.
"Well I'm just telling you what I heard," I shrugged carelessly.
"I'VE KNOWN TOMOYO ALL MY LIFE AND SHE WOULD NEVER, EVER DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO ME!" she glared at me. I shrugged again.
"YOU DON'T EVEN CARE DO YOU?" she shouted at me. "YOU WERE LYING, I KNOW YOU WERE, LI!" she grabbed her bag and stormed off past me. Mission accomplished. I smirked to myself. Master will be so pleased with me. I took out a mirror and gazed at myself. My spell was starting to wear off. Soon, I had all my normal features back – Now to find Kinomoto again. I ran over to the school gate and saw Kinomoto walking towards it, muttering under her breath.
"HEY SAKURA!" I called out to her, as she turned to face me.
# Normal point of view #
"What?" she said rather coldly.
"I came to apologize," said Luke.
"For what exactly?"
"For the other day," replied Luke. "I was really rude to you and I hope you'll forgive me. I just want to be friends." Sakura looked at Luke suspiciously. "Nothing more, nothing less."
"Fine, whatever," said Sakura walking away, still in a bad mood. Luke smirked again. 'This is going to be interesting...'
# Sakura's POV #
What a day! That couldn't have been Syaoran, could it? I mean, he was acting all nice to me before, why act up now? I shook my head. Confusing thoughts ran through it...flashbacks of what had happened after school.
Tomoyo wouldn't have just left without me, I know that, she would've found me first, tell me, then leave...not tell someone else to pass on the message for her. Ah! This is so confusing! But Syaoran wouldn't lie to me either! There was something different about him; I just don't know what it is. Maybe I should call Tomoyo and ask why she left. I grabbed my mobile phone and typed in Tomoyo's number.
Ring ring"Moshi moshi, Daidouji Residence," answered the voice of one of Tomoyo's maids.
"Hello," I replied. "Can I please speak to Tomoyo?"
"May I ask who's speaking?" asked the maid on the other end.
"It's Sakura," I replied, patiently.
"Oh yes, Miss Kinomoto. Miss Daidouji is busy at the moment. Is this important?"
"Yes. Can you ask her if she wants to talk?"
"Hai, one minute please..."
"Sakura?" came the voice of Tomoyo, sounding quite worried.
"Yes, it's me, Tomo. You sound worried, what's wrong?" Tomoyo sniffed.
"I – I thought that you didn't want to talk to me anymore..." she sniffed again. I was shocked.
"Why wouldn't I? You're my best friend!" I exclaimed.
"Syaoran came up to me after school and told me that you were busy and to go on without you," came her reply.
"HE WHAT?" I shouted. "HE TOLD ME THAT YOU WENT WITHOUT ME COZ YOU DIDN'T TRUST ME ANYMORE!"
"WHAT? I would never say that! There was something strange about Syaoran though...It didn't seem like the real Syaoran..."
"Yeah," I agreed. "There was something different...in his eyes..."
"Maybe we should discuss this at my house," volunteered Tomoyo. "Could you come over?"
"Yeah," I replied. "Maybe you should ask Meiling to come over as well...she knows Syaoran the most..."
"Good thinking, Sakura. I'll call her as soon as we finish talking."
"Okay, sayonara!"
"Bye!"
Click# Normal POV #
Tomoyo quickly dialed Meiling's number into her cell phone.
"Li Mansion," was the reply. "What can we do for you?"
"Can I please talk to Meiling?" asked Tomoyo, hurriedly.
"Yes."
"Wei? Meiling here."
"Meiling!" exclaimed Tomoyo. "Can you come over to my place like right now?"
"I guess..." replied Meiling. "Do you want me to bring Syaoran as well?"
"NO!" Tomoyo shouted a little too loud. "Come alone, right now!"
"Okay...okay. See you soon."
"Sayonara."
Click!TBC
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